JOSE ROBERTO ROMERO > Romero Pineda > San Salvador, El Salvador > Lawyer Profile
Romero Pineda Offices
EDIFICIO AVANTE, SUITE 5-01
BLVD LUIS POMA, SANTA ELENA
ANTIGUO CUSCATLÁN
El Salvador
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JOSE ROBERTO ROMERO
Work Department
Managing Partner
Position
Managing Partner and Vice President
Career
He’s been part of Romero Pineda since 1984, actively involved and specializing in Intellectual Property. Over the years, he has successfully consolidated and diversified the services of the Intellectual Property Division.
José Roberto has also held positions in international organizations, positioning the Firm as one of the leading companies in Intellectual Property at an international level.
His Corporate Law practice involves incorporating and developing foreign companies within the country. With extensive experience in mergers and corporate transformations, he deals with structuring and organizing corporate frameworks in industries such as textile manufacturing, telecommunications, real estate, among many others.
His vision and leadership at Romero Pineda has driven the development of the Real Estate Law and Compliance practice areas, as well as the institutionalization of the Firm.
He supported the birth of the Firm’s corporate responsibility programs such as RP&A HER and Innovation Project.
He holds a Master’s in Intellectual Property from the University Franklin Pierce Law Center (now UNH- University of New Hampshire) and a Master’s in Business Strategy from E-Myth Worldwide, San Salvador. Additionally, he has completed multiple diplomas, including his most recent one in Legal Tech and Innovation from ADEN International Business School.
He is currently a member of the American Chamber of Commerce of El Salvador (AmCham) in the Intellectual Property committee. It has also been part of the Inter-American Intellectual Property Association (ASIPI) since 1986, and the International Trademark Association (INTA) since 1986, serving on various committees. In addition, he is a member of the Intellectual Property Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), being its ambassador for El Salvador since 2015. He was recently selected as a member of the nascent GLIPA (Global Intellectual Property Alliance) and as a national delegate of El Salvador for ASIPI.
CAMERAS AND ASSOCIATIONS:
Lex Mundi, GLIPA, INTA, ASIPI, ASI, AmCham, BritCham, CAMARASAL, German Chamber of El Salvador, Spanish Chamber, Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
RANKINGS AND OTHER RECOGNITIONS:
Ranked in: WTR 1000, IFLR1000, The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners.
Languages
Spanish and English
Memberships
ASIPI (Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property) – Member since 1986.
AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property) – Member since 1990.
INTA International Trademark Association.
Education
Bachelor of Legal Sciences
Dr. José Matías Delgado University 1990.
E-Myth, Inc 2008.
Javeriana Pontifical University 2003.
DIESCO, Chamber of Commerce 1999.
Lawyer Rankings
El Salvador > Intellectual property
(Hall of Fame)The powerhouse IP team at Romero Pineda remains a market leader, assisting such household-name multinationals as Disney, Kraft-Heinz and Pfizer with the maintenance and defence of their global IP portfolios. The team is led by managing partner José Roberto Romero
, an authority in the IP field whose expertise spans a broad range of industries, including telecoms, real estate, entertainment, pharmaceuticals, and food and beverages, and litigation practice director Carlos Castillo, who brings over 30 years’ experience to his handling of IP enforcement and anti-counterfeiting disputes. The team was bolstered at senior level in March 2023 by the elevation to the partnership of Elsy Duran, the founder of the firm’s foreign IP matters division, who advises clients on searches, new filings, assignments, mergers and prosecution. Capable support is provided by associates Nadya León, who has notable strength in opposition actions, objections and refusals, as well as extra-judicial negotiations related to the protection and enforcement of trade marks, and Susana Navarro, who assists clients with the registration of their industrial designs, patents, utility models and domain names.